Your Mail: Love the dollars

"Love the locals" -- everyone is being told this in the media lately. When have "the locals" loved the buying public?

Most of the construction projects in the area have been done by outsiders who stay long enough to cash their checks and leave. A good many of the local businesses operate here at max profit and pay minimum wages, part time and no benefits.

We have a lot of qualified workers who move on because there aren't very many opportunities in this area. I've noticed that even lighting repairs in very many businesses are being done with out-of-state companies. Then you also have the fly-by-nighters who operate out of their pickup trucks with no business names on them, let alone licensing.

It seems the only love here is the dollar.

James HenningsDeville

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Your Mail: Love the dollars

'Love the locals' -- everyone is being told this in the media lately. When have 'the locals' loved the buying public?Most of the construction projects in the area have been done by outsiders who stay